"Miss Suzi, I am so honored!" the woman said nodding her head in apolite bow."Tina, how wonderful to see you!" Suzi replied."You, of course, remember ...Ani," Suzi said.I was a little surprised to learn I'd been here before."Of course!" Tina responded. "But she is even so much lovelier than Iremember." She is, indeed," Suzi said, smiling at me."And now," Suzi went on, "our little girl has a date!" So soon, how wonderful!" Tina looked really surprised."And so, we need your help getting her ready.". Nice couple." Pam simply shoved him in the chest, but so hard that she literallyknocked him down. He sat there on the ground, stunned, and finallyrealized that discretion was the better part of valor, and stayed there. I felt like a vulnerable damsel in distress, who had just been rescued bymy hero. When I thought to myself that I would follow Pam's lead becauseshe would take care of me, because I felt safe, I didn't mean itliterally! But, it was a wonderful feeling to feel protected by. 'Again? Shit and God Damn!' she thought disgustedly.The air around her was becoming more turbulent. Béla spread her wings wide, trying to decide what to do. She couldn’t fly up. The wind pushed her sideways faster than she could climb, and sideways was another direction of DOWN! She realized with considerable nervousness and upset that she was going to have to match her speed to the growing landscape beneath her, or be smashed against the inner surface by the centrifical forces surrounding. ’ Abigail nodded, as much to herself as anyone else in the room, and led the way out the door into the courtyard. The carriage she’d engaged was waiting and the driver held the door open for her with a knowing leer plastered across his face. Not until he’d engaged the engine and the carriage was chuffing out of the prison did she relax enough to ask the question on her mind. ‘People frequently buy the freedom of family members?’ she asked. Cole, his eyes on the windows of the carriage,.